There were many nights I'd sit right there and lookout at the stars, to the sound of a distant wippoorwhill,or the hum of a passin' car, it was where I first got upthe nerve to steal me my first kiss, and it was whereI learned to play guitar and pray I had the gift,

CHORUS:If the world(C)had a front(F)porch like(G)we did back then(Am),

(F)We'd still have our prob(C)lems, (G)but we'd all be friends,

(Am)Treatin' your neighbor like he's(F)your next of kin(C)

(F)wouldn't be gone(C), with the wind(Am),

if the world(F)had a front(C)porch

like(G)did back(C)then. (F) (C) (F)

Purple hulls and pintos, I've shelled more than my share,lighting bugs and crickets, Danced in the evening air,and like a beacon that ole' yellow moon it always leadme home, some how mama always knew,just when to leave it on,

repeat chorus:

Treatin your neighbor like he's your next of kin wouldn't be gonewith the wind, if the world had a front porch, like wedid back then.